Biden Can Trigger a Regional War by Reviving the Nuclear Deal

• Biden Can Trigger a Regional War by Reviving the Nuclear Deal
  by Majid Rafizadeh, https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/
  * Governments in the Middle East have a valid reason to be concerned about the nuclear deal. They have already witnessed its negative consequences.
  * [T]his would have not been the outcome if Israel and other regional powers had been part of the negotiations.
  * The composition of the current negotiating team, similar to the previous one, completely excludes those on Iran’s doorstep. In an approach reminiscent of the bygone colonial era, it remains a policy set by governments thousands of miles away.
  * Arab nations have already seen the consequences of the previous attempt at striking a nuclear deal. The Iranian-armed Houthis simply ratcheted up efforts to cause death and destruction in Yemen, and Hezbollah escalated its involvement and control of large swathes of Syrian territory.
  * By returning to a deal which brought nothing but heightened destruction and instability to the region, the Biden administration would be abandoning old allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia – which at least has begun instituting reforms — and instead empowering a regime that remains an existential threat to the entire Middle East.
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